Bristol, ME City Guides:

Ancestries: English (27.8%), Irish (16.1%), German (11.1%), United States (9.2%), Scottish (8.6%), French (7.3%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Incorporated on 06/21/1765

Elevation: 73 feet

Land area: 35.5 square miles.

Population density: 78 people per square mile (very low).

For population 25 years and over in Bristol:

High school or higher: 89.9%

Bachelor's degree or higher: 24.6%

Graduate or professional degree: 11.6%

Unemployed: 3.5%

Mean travel time to work (commute): 22.7 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Bristol town:

Never married: 17.4%

Now married: 61.9%

Separated: 2.1%

Widowed: 8.1%

Divorced: 10.4%

62 residents are foreign born (1.2% Europe, 0.9% Asia).

This town:

2.3%

Maine:

2.9%

According to our research of Maine and other state lists there were 3 registered sex offenders living in Bristol, Maine as of December 13, 2017.The ratio of number of residents in Bristol to the number of sex offenders is 926 to 1.The number of registered sex offenders compared to the number of residents in this city is smaller than the state average.